Where does “kuusenkäpynahikas” come from?

kuusenkäpynahikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish käpynahikas, from Finnish nahikas, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kuusenkäpynahikas (Finnish): the mushroom Strobilurus esculentus common, edible mushroom, often found in the spring on and around fallen spruce cones

Definitions

  1. the mushroom Strobilurus esculentus common, edible mushroom, often found in the spring on and around fallen spruce cones

Ancestry of “kuusenkäpynahikas”, step by step

kuusenkäpynahikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käpynahikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpynahikasany mushroom of the genus Strobilurus
2FinnishnahikasA mushroom of the genus "Marasmius"
3Finnish-käsFront vowel variant of -kas
4Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -käsEvery word from Proto-Finnic -s